AIMBE
Fellowbook News
AIMBE Fellowbook collects news stories highlighting the members of the AIMBE College of Fellows. Read the latest stories, jump to the College Directory, or search below to find the newest research, awards, announcements and more for the leaders of the medical and biological engineering community.
Aydogan Ozcan elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Aydogan Ozcan | Via UCLA | February 11, 2025Two faculty members from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering — Aydogan Ozcan and Lixia Zhang — have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional honors granted to American engineers. Ozcan and Zhang are among 128 members and 22 international members elected today in recognition of their outstanding contributions […]
Lisa Brannon-Peppas elected as members of National Academy of Engineering
Lisa Brannon-Peppas | Via Purdue University | February 11, 2025Six people affiliated with Purdue Engineering have earned one of the highest professional distinctions available to an engineer: membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Current faculty members Vladimir M. Shalaev and Yuehwern Yih, of ECE and IE, respectively, have been elected for induction into the NAE’s class of 2025. They represent the largest […]
AIMBE Fellow Abhay Joshi elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
Abhay Joshi | Via National Academy of Engineering | February 11, 2025The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 128 new members and 22 international members to the Class of 2025, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,487 and the number of international members to 336. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions […]
AIMBE Fellow Justin Hanes elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
Justin Hanes | Via National Academy of Engineering | February 11, 2025The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 128 new members and 22 international members to the Class of 2025, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,487 and the number of international members to 336. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions […]
OU College of Medicine Names Founding Chair of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences
Jun Li | Via University of Oklahoma | February 3, 2025The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has named Jun Li, Ph.D., the founding chair of the newly created Department of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences, pending approval from the OU Board of Regents. By focusing on genomics, Li will build a department critical to the study of human health and disease. The genome describes […]
How an AI Tool Can Make Precision Medicine More Precise
Ludmil Alexandrov | Via Oncology Times | February 1, 2025The concept of precision oncology has introduced state-of-the-art cancer treatments that offer patients some of the best options for beating cancers. However, making sure the right patients have access to the right anti-cancer therapeutics remains challenging. Take cancers with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). They have certain characteristics (e.g., cells cannot effectively repair DNA double-strand breaks […]
Department takes digital pathology to new level
Ulysses Balis | Via Cap Today Online | January 31, 2025Pathology informatics leaders at the University of Michigan are moving in steps to a fully digital practice as they put in place an innovative workflow for primary diagnosis. Fresh off their August launch of the new workflow program within their remodeled histology lab, informatics directors in the pathology department say Michigan Medicine is the first […]
New AI tool promises faster vaccine development by predicting T cell epitopes
Regina Barzilay | Via News-Medical.net | January 29, 2025An exciting collaboration between the Ragon Institute and the Jameel Clinic at MIT has achieved a significant milestone in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to aid the development of T cell vaccine candidates. Ragon faculty member Gaurav Gaiha, MD, DPhil, and MIT Professor Regina Barzilay, PhD, AI lead of the Jameel Clinic for AI and Health, […]
From Fentanyl to DIY Food Safety: Dr. Shalini Prasad’s Groundbreaking Trifecta of Detection Devices
Shalini Prasad | Via Dallas Innovates | January 29, 2025Combining cutting-edge research and real-world applications, the UT Dallas professor transforms public health with innovations in detection technology, including “a check engine light” for the human body. In collaboration with EnLiSense, the company she cofounded, Dr. Prasad combines chemistry with software and hardware to bring the technology to life as market-ready devices. Being a scientific […]
Nanoparticle Efficacy in Leukemia Model Improved Using Designer Peptides
Daniel Heller | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 27, 2025Researchers headed by teams at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have developed what they describe as a groundbreaking approach to using specially designed peptides as excipients to improve nanoparticle drug formulations. Preclinical tests showed that their method could significantly enhance the antitumor […]
New light-based technique could transform heart tissue repair
Shrike Zhang | Via News-Medical.Net | January 24, 2025Researchers from Mass General Brigham and collaborating institutions have developed a non-invasive approach to manipulate cardiac tissue activity by using light to stimulate an innovative ink incorporated into bioprinted tissue. Their goal is to develop a technique that can be used to repair the heart. Their findings in preclinical models, published in Science Advances, show the […]
Research Spotlight: Identifying New Treatments for Pediatric Brain Cancer
Rakesh Jain | Via Massachusetts General Hospital | January 22, 2025Rakesh Jain PhD, Director of the E.L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and A. Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, is senior author of a new study in PNAS, Targeting EPHB2/ABL1 Restores Anti-Tumor Immunity in Preclinical Models of Ependymoma. How would you summarize your study for a […]
New error grid better tailored to assess CGM accuracy
David Klonoff | Via Healio | January 17, 2025A new error grid to assess the accuracy of glucose measurements could give continuous glucose monitor manufacturers and regulatory agencies such as the FDA a better understanding of how accurate their devices are. An international panel of 94 experts in glucose monitoring from all six continents unveiled the Diabetes Technology Society error grid in a […]
Cell-Based Therapy Improves Outcomes in Pig Model of Heart Attacks
Jianyi Zhang | Via HMP Global | January 17, 2025Injecting infarcted pig hearts with specially bioengineered cells significantly decreased the infarct area and improved heart function, showing possible clinical relevance In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, or hiPSCs, that overexpress cyclin D2 […]
Research Reveals Osteoarthritis Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Fabrisia Ambrosio | Via Mirage News | January 16, 2025Osteoarthritis (OA) is a condition that disproportionally affects postmenopausal women, and the millions affected can attest to the pain, reduced mobility and diminished quality of life that comes from this disease. While the hormonal changes associated with menopause have long been known to accelerate the development and progression of OA, a deeper understanding of the […]
President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists
Eno Ebong | Via Biden White House Archives | January 14, 2025On January 14, 2025, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for […]
President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists
Parisa Rashidi | Via Biden White House Archives | January 14, 2025On January 14, 2025, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for […]
Helen Blau awarded the National Medal of Science
Helen Blau | Via Stanford University | January 12, 2025Often called “America’s Nobel Prize,” the National Medal of Science honors the country’s leading researchers. Stem cell biologist Helen Blau was recognized for her work on cellular plasticity and aging. Helen Blau, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology and director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, had an exciting start to 2025. On […]
National Medal of Science Awarded to Oncofertility Innovator, MSU Research Foundation Professor Teresa Woodruff
Teresa Woodruff | Via Michigan State University | January 6, 2025Teresa K. Woodruff joined an elite group of Americans who have received two national medals of honor when President Joe Biden announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science on Jan. 3. Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented Woodruff with the medal at a ceremony […]
David R. Walt Receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation
David Walt | Via Business Wire | January 6, 2025Award represents nation’s highest honor for technological achievement Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company fueling scientific discovery through ultrasensitive biomarker detection, today announced that David R. Walt, co-inventor of the Company’s Simoa technology has received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, bestowed by the President of the United States. Since it was first awarded […]